tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609697803613641438.post8370596372560870843..comments2024-02-01T04:43:26.273-06:00Comments on NEWS ANCHOR MOM: child health, child safety, toxic toys, autism, etc. for busy moms: Kids and StressJen Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528551519602313049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609697803613641438.post-22818706823401711502008-02-08T09:02:00.000-06:002008-02-08T09:02:00.000-06:00When my son was young he was a huge perfectionist....When my son was young he was a huge perfectionist. For example, spelling tests, at one point he hadn't missed a spelling word all year and would worry incessantly about missing a word. It was crazy, I found myself actually hoping he would miss a word so the pressure would be off. (I figured the momentary, "Oh, my gosh, I missed a word" would be less stress than the every week, "I can't miss a word!" stress.)<BR/><BR/>I think change is also a huge stressor. Again, my son, not my daughter, seems to have the most trouble with this. We have had to work hard to make transitions easier for him. For example, when he first had a school locker with a combination, we went and practiced it everyday for 2 weeks before school started so that he would feel confident about opening it between classes. <BR/> 9/11 was really difficult to handle as a parent of young children. There was no way to avoid the coverage. It made me really, really sad for my kids, that they had to deal with such a devastating world event at such young ages; they were six and seven at the time.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975916794760117696noreply@blogger.com